Isabel Allende: How to live passionately—no matter your age
Isabel Allende: Vivere appassionatamente - non importa l'età
Isabel Allende writes stories of passion. Her novels and memoirs, including The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna, tell the stories of women and men who live with passionate commitment -- to love, to their world, to an ideal. Full bio
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che alcune parti di me sono cadute
selvaggia e preziosa vita?"
quando riceviamo i sussidi Medicare,
quando nasciamo.
della nostra reale età,
l'atteggiamento e la salute.
attraverso la vecchiaia
per salvare le ragazze
il modo di pensare del Paese.
della mia giovinezza,
osserva i cambiamenti
di farsi da parte
che non ne valga neanche la pena.
di essere vulnerabile.
scapolo e vegetariano?
in questa cultura.
seducente, sexy.
(Risate)
(Applausi)
ancora fa surf sull'oceano.
una vivace, amata attivista
che una sciarpa va bene
su Antonio Banderas
se ne è fatto una ragione.
di essere appassionata a 71 anni.
a qualunque cosa mi capiti:
di restare innamorata.
una colpa se ci provo.
è "jubilación."
alla società.
ed è un momento fantastico.
o poverissimi,
IA: Thank you.
IA: Grazie.
per la comunità di TED,
speak for the TED community,
che ho la sensazione
attraente e sexy? Vero?
(Applause)
(Applausi)
IA: No, it's makeup.
IA: No, è il trucco.
about your erotic fantasies?
sulle sue fantasie erotiche?
IA: With Antonio Banderas.
IA: Su Antonio Banderas.
if you have anything more to share.
qualcun'altra da condividere con noi.
(Risate)
metto un Antonio Banderas nudo
(Risate)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Isabel Allende - NovelistIsabel Allende writes stories of passion. Her novels and memoirs, including The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna, tell the stories of women and men who live with passionate commitment -- to love, to their world, to an ideal.
Why you should listen
As a novelist and memoirist, Isabel Allende writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in the 1970s—an event that, she believes, created her as a writer. Her voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism; her stories are romantic, in the very best sense of the word. Her novels include The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna and The Stories of Eva Luna, and her latest, Maya's Notebook and Ripper. And don't forget her adventure trilogy for young readers— City of the Beasts, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Forest of the Pygmies.
As a memoirist, she has written about her vision of her lost Chile, in My Invented Country, and movingly tells the story of her life to her own daughter, in Paula. Her book Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses memorably linked two sections of the bookstore that don't see much crossover: Erotica and Cookbooks. Just as vital is her community work: The Isabel Allende Foundation works with nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chile to empower and protect women and girls—understanding that empowering women is the only true route to social and economic justice.
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